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Rostov-on-Don is a trading port for Russian, Italian, Greek and Turkish merchants selling, for example, wool, wheat and oil. It is also an important river port for passengers. The Rostov-on-Don agricultural region produces one-third of Russia's vegetable oil from sunflowers.
Jun 18, 2024 · Rostov-on-Don, city and administrative center of Rostov oblast (province), southwestern Russia. It lies along the lower Don River, above the river’s mouth on the Sea of Azov. It was founded in 1749 as the customs post of Temernika, when the area was still in Turkish hands.
Feb 26, 2022 · Rostov-on-Don (Rostov-na-Donu) is the capital city of the Russian federal subject of Rostov Oblast. It is the biggest city in Southern Russia and the 10th most populous in the country, with a current population of 1,110,000.
Lavish private mansions blend in quite well with brutal Soviet buildings in this southern Russian city.
Rostov-on-Don is a colorful merchant port city in southern Russia which, in addition to having one of the largest zoos and botanical gardens in the nation, is known for luxurious merchant mansions, playful theater buildings and diverse museums.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Rostov-on-Don was also called the ‘Russian Chicago’, because, by that time, it had become one of the leading industrial centers of the Russian Empire.
Feb 5, 2022 · In Rostov-on-Don, the largest Russian city near the border with Ukraine, some residents are bracing for a possible war. But many others are going on with their normal routines.
